Corporate Finance news in the Middle East

An overview of news, trends and research in Corporate Finance consulting in the Middle East:

Tharwah commences trading on Tadawul’s Nomu market Following months of preparation, Saudi human capital consultancy Tharwah has made its long-awaited debut on the Nomu-Parallel market.
29 August 2024
Tadawul and Nomu steal region’s IPO show (so far) IPO activity in the Middle East has been concentrated fully on the Saudi and UAE markets so far, according to analysis from PwC, with 2024 expected to be another rosy year for capital raisings throug
14 May 2024
ValuStrat launches cost-effective and tech-backed valuation offering Ever wondered what the value is of a small business? A new digital-driven but still human-controlled offering from ValuStrat makes answering that question a lot easier, cheaper and more accurate.
24 November 2023
Asset management sector sees wealth base grow but profits dip Despite global economic headwinds, the Middle East’s asset management industry has grown by $100 billion to over $1.3 trillion, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group.
24 October 2023
Oryx expands into corporate finance and compliance consulting UAE-based Oryx has expanded its services into corporate finance and compliance consulting with the launch of two new offerings. Senior executives have been hired to kickstart the offerings.
10 October 2023
IPO scene in MENA remain robust and shows promising prospects IPO activity in the Middle East and North Africa region has shown robust growth and resilience in the face of global economic fluctuations.
16 August 2023
Electronics refurbisher Revibe secures $2.3 million in growth funding Revibe, a Dubai-based refurbished tech startup that was founded by two ex-consultants, has secured $2.3 million funding.
26 July 2023
Saudi car rental firm Lumi hires IPO advisors for Tadawul debut Saudi Arabian car rental company Lumi has hired corporate finance consultants to guide the sale of its upcoming public listing.
19 April 2023
Experts guide Empower’s oversubscribed IPO on Dubai Financial Market On Tuesday next week, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) will officially start trading on the Dubai Financial Market, following the successful conclusion of a hotly contested init
08 November 2022
Meet the consultants that led Jahez’s $2.4 billion IPO Saudi Arabian online food delivery platform Jahez has made its debut on the stock exchange, trading under the ticker symbol: 9526 on the Saudi Exchange’s Parallel Market (Nomu).
06 January 2022
A tech landmark for Saudi Arabia as Jahez unveils IPO listing A landmark listing: food delivery app Jahez is set to become the first homegrown technology startup to debut on the Saudi Exchange.
18 May 2021
Deloitte advises education firm Al Faleh on its stock debut Doha-based provider of education products and services Al Faleh is set to become the first ever company to be listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange’s Ventures Market – a listing that was advised on by I
13 April 2021
SPAC boom offers exit opportunities for ME tech scale-ups While SPACs have been around for decades, funds raised by SPACs in 2021 have already broken records.
08 April 2021
Middle East's M&A market bucks global trend to grow by 6% Despite a 9% contraction in global merger & acquisition (M&A) activity last year, the Middle East remained resilient to clock a 6% jump in the number of deals for 2020.
24 February 2021
M&A market of Saudi Arabia to gain steam in 2021 Saudi Arabia was among the most active merger & acquisition (M&A) markets in the Middle East last year – a trend that is likely to persist through 2021.
09 February 2021
Middle East M&A deal value nosedives by over half in H1 2020 Merger & acquisition (M&A) activity in the Middle East fell significantly over the first half of 2020, although some signs of promise emerged towards the end of the period.
10 September 2020
Middle East IPO market faces subdued outlook for rest of 2020 Despite enjoying a strong first quarter, the initial public offering (IPO) market in the MENA market is set to face a subdued outlook over the next six months as the effects of Covid-19 take shape, a
19 June 2020
EY Corporate Finance Woman award winners named in KSA and Bahrain Bahrain Polytechnic student Fatema Alhaddad has won the inaugural EY Corporate Finance Woman of the Year award in Bahrain, while fellow graduate Yara Bugis has claimed the crown for Saudi Arabia.
13 January 2020
AlixPartners brought in by Abraaj health fund investors to oversee split Global management firm AlixPartners is the latest to be added to a growing list of consultancies brought in to sift through the wreckage of the Abraaj collapse, with Deloitte meanwhile tapped by regu
20 August 2018
Abraaj investors hire Alvarez & Marsal to help recover $99 million in debt Leading forensics and restructuring firm Alvarez & Marsal has been brought in by investors in the embattled Abraaj Group to help recover nearly $100 million in outstanding debt, as the long-running s
07 August 2018
Deloitte find financial indiscretions in Abraaj review after KPMG all-clear Following news that the UK branch of KPMG would be looking into the network’s Middle East audit exonerating the embattled Abraaj Group of financial impropriety, fellow Big Four firm Deloitte has repo
14 June 2018
Tech sector buttresses falling value in Israeli M&A market The total worth of the Israeli merger and acquisition (M&A) market fell over the past year according to Big Four firm PwC, although deals in the nation’s tech sector continue to add value.
18 January 2018
Delta Partners joins KKR and co-shareholders in divesting Aricent to Altran Altran has acquired US design and engineering services company Aricent in a $2 billion deal, creating the largest specialised R&D and engineering group of the world.
20 December 2017
MENA telecom industry on the verge of M&A wave, says Strategy& As telecom companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to expand, they are beginning to venture into the booming information and communications technology (ICT) sector, prima
13 December 2017

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